and the Biuing of them. 
you put the long (lake into his place againe. Then cloorae 
the Hiues together with rolles , flatted, that none of the 
cloomc fall in among the Bees, leauing open the fpace be- 
tweene the flicks ends for the new doore of this double liiue. 
Laftly put on the hackle, and gird both it and the long flakes 
to the leere-hiue, about the middle with a Belt, and about 
thetop with a With. And fo let them fland till after the end 
of tUeDog-daies, when Bees are taken, v. Butin no cafe let 
thedoing hereof be deferred beyond the time preferibed, 
v: left you haue little or nothing for your labour. 
At the Vindemie, in a faire calme morning before any 
Bees be abroad, (hut vpclofe all she flails in your Garden: 
and thofe that fland next couer with flieetes and blankets, 
left Come of the younger fort miftake , and fame at their 
doores till they be chilled. And when the Sunne is an houre 
high, and the aire waxeth warme, hauing flrft parted the 
new Combs and the old with along knife, take off the vpper 
hiuc or Receiver, & fet him vpon the ftoole in the old place: 
B vi befure, See, ai it foUowcth, c, i o.p, i. n. i j. If you fee 
the Receiver be very fat, or feare the Queene be hurt, or not 
in the Receiver^ your beft and fafeflway is to takethem both : 
for if they be ouer-fat or want a Ruler, vndoubtedly they will 
hotprofper. 
The flgnes of after-fwarmes are more certaine. Forwhere- 
astheriflng of the prime fwarme is appointed by the vul- 
gar, whofechiefe rule is thefulndle of theHiue; the Hiue 
being now well emptied, for other fwarmes there needeth 
fome other diredion, which the Rulers thcmfelues doegiue 
by their voices : without which that ftocke will fwarmeno 
more that yeare. Andyer the choice of the houre, yea and 
of the day among foure or flue is permitted vnto them, as beft 
knowing the difpofltion of the weather.. 
When the prime fwarme is gone (if the ftocke fhallcafl 
any more ) the eighth or ninth euening after , fometime the 
tenth or eleuenth,the next Prince^when (he perceiuctha 
competent number to be fledge and readie, beginneth to 
tune in hir treble voice a mourn efu 11 and begging note, as if 
flic did pray hir Queene-mother to let them goe. Vnto 
which voice if the Queene vouchfafe to reply, tuning hir 
K 3 Bafe 
Ft. xo.p.l.tf.2, 
F.tt.n. 
sy. 
to faineaU 
th* Btes into the 
ntvehiucy and fe 
to tape the old. 
ie. 
The fignts of 
after fwattness 
17 . 
The T’fng of the 
afttr-fwarmes it 
appointed by the 
fait rs. 
%S. 
The Bees Mtr/icp 
